Courses 2012 - 2013

LAW A 562 Employment Law

Credits: 3-4

A study of the law governing the employment relationship, including the establishment and termination of that relationship. Specific topics studied include employee access to job opportunities, employer information gathering (including testing), prohibited discriminatory employment practices, regulation of wages, hours, and benefits of employment occupational safety and health, the developing concept of unjust discharge, and regulations providing protection of retirement benefits. The course has a broader coverage than Law A554 Labor Relations and the Law, which is a more intensive study of problems arising in the relationship between employers and employees organized and represented by labor unions.